Cooper T43

The Cooper T43 was a Formula One and Formula Two racing car designed and built by Cooper Car Company for the 1957 Formula One season, first appearing at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix in a works car for Jack Brabham. The T43 earned a significant place in motor racing history when Stirling Moss drove a Rob Walker Racing Team T43 to win the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix, the first World Drivers' Championship win for a mid-engined car. Despite this achievement, the car was superseded almost immediately by the T45. The T43's last appearance in a World Championship event was the 1960 Italian Grand Prix.

A Cooper T43 in Formula Two form

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position, results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Points	WCC
1957	Cooper Car Company	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	D A		ARG	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA				n/a^1	n/a^1
				Jack Brabham		6		7/ Ret^^2			7
				Les Leston		DNQ
				Mike MacDowel				7^^2
				Roy Salvadori					5		Ret
		Climax FPF 1.5 L4								Ret^^3
	Rob Walker Racing Team			Jack Brabham						Ret^^3
		Climax FPF 2.0 L4							Ret
	J B Naylor	Climax FPF 1.5 L4		Brian Naylor						13^^3
	Ridgeway Managements			Tony Marsh						15^^3
	R Gibson			Dick Gibson						Ret^^3
1958	Rob Walker Racing Team	Climax FPF 2.0 L4	C D		ARG	MON	NED	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	31^4	3rd^4
				Stirling Moss	1
				Ron Flockhart		DNQ
				Maurice Trintignant							8		8
		Climax FPF 1.5 L4		Wolfgang Seidel								Ret^^3
				François Picard											Ret^^3
	High Efficiency Motors			Ian Burgess								7^^3
	R Gibson			Dick Gibson								Ret^^3
	Ecurie Eperon d'Or			Christian Goethals								Ret^^3
1959	B.C. Ecclestone	Climax FPF 2.5 L4	D		MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA			40^5	1st^5
				Brian Whitehouse	DNA
	Gilby Engineering	Climax FPF 1.5 L4		Keith Greene					DNQ
	OSCA Automobili	OSCA Tipo 372 2.0 L4		Alejandro de Tomaso									Ret			0	-
1960	Scuderia Colonia	Climax FPF 1.5 L4	D		ARG	MON	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR	ITA	USA		48 (58)^6	1st^6
				Piero Drogo									8
	Equipe Prideaux/Dick Gibson			Vic Wilson									Ret

^1 The World Constructors' Championship was not awarded before 1958.
^2 Shared drive.
^3 No points scored by the T43 as it was run in a Formula Two Category.
^4 Points also scored by the Cooper T44 and Cooper T45.
^5 Points also scored by the Cooper T51.
^6 Points also scored by the Cooper T51 and Cooper T53.

See also

The first true Formula One Coopers

External links

• http://www.f1-images.de/009900 - Race results
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071011020230/http://www.formula2.net/ - Race results